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19 unusual facts about Nagpur


Bandaru Acchamamba

After her brother left for Nagpur to continue his studies, Acchamamba worked on her own, learning Bengali and Gujarati as well as a little Sanskrit.

Bengal Nagpur Railway

While one track lead to Nagpur, the other to Jabalpur to connect with the East Indian Railway line from Allahabad to Jabalpur, thereby connecting Mumbai and Kolkata.

C. Balakrishnan

Dr. C. Balakrishnan returned from the UK in 1950 and he joined Government Medical College, Nagpur as a lecturer.

Balakrishnan (CBK) (1918-1997) was a famous plastic surgeon from India, who was a pioneer of modern plastic surgery in India, when he established second independent Department of Plastic Surgery in India, at the Medical College Hospital, Nagpur, in 1958.

Communion of Churches in India

Thus, the Joint Council was formed and inaugurated at Nagpur on July 4, 1978.

Hannah Graaf

Magdalena along with Hannah have donated earnings from their modeling to aid orphanages in Nagpur in central India.

Henry Medd

He designed law courts at Nagpur (1937) and was Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939–47).

Henry Thomas Colebrooke

He was sent to Nagpur in 1799 on a special mission, and on his return was made a judge of the new court of appeal, over which he afterwards presided.

Hislop College

Hislop College, Nagpur is one of the first colleges in the city of Nagpur.

In 1923 it was one of six colleges affiliated to the University of Nagpur.

Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line

Bhusawal station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.

Kenelm George Digby

In 1943 he was appointed Puisne Judge High Court of Judicature at Nagpur.

M. S. Golwalkar

Inspired by the ideology and methodology of the RSS, Golwalkar joined the RSS and eventually, following a meeting with Dr.Hedgewar, went to the RSS' "Officers Training Camp" in Nagpur.

Golwalkar was born on 19 February 1906 at Ramtek near Nagpur, Maharashtra; the only surviving son of the nine children of his parents: Sadashivrao, a school teacher and Lakshmibai.

Manik Godghate

Grace was born as Manik Seetaram Godghate on May 10, 1940 in Colonel Baug, Nagpur.

Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales

The dioceses of Nagpur and Visakhapatnam have always been governed by prelates belonging to this institute.

Priyadarshini College of Engineering

Priyadarshini College of Engineering is one of the 15 Engineering colleges in Nagpur that offers degree programmes in 6 Engineering Disciplines of Aeronautical Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Technology & Information Technology and Civil Engineering.

Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences

Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (VNGIASS), in Nagpur, India, established in 1885 as Morris College, is one of the oldest colleges in the country.

Wainganga College of Engineering and Management,Nagpur

Wainganga College of Engineering and Management, Dongargaon, Wardha Road, Nagpur was established in 2008.


Agmark

In addition to the Central AGMARK Laboratory (CAL) in Nagpur, there are Regional AGMARK Laboratories (RALs) in 11 nodal cities (Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Kochi, Guntur, Amritsar, Jaipur, Rajkot, Bhopal).

Akot

Nov 28, 1803 - The Battle of Argaon, ( Adgaon near Akot ), took place on November 28, 1803, between the British under the command of Governor Arthur Wellesley and the forces of Maratha under Bhonsle of Nagpur during Second Anglo-Maratha War.

Bangalore Rajdhani Express

Train service 22693/22694 has 7 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction.

Train service 22691/22692 has 11 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Anantapur, Raichur, Sedam, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction, Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction.

Bhamragad

One can get bus from Nagpur to Aheri or Allapalli both are the main transportation hub (located on 7 km distance from each other) for Bhamragad, Bhamragad is 65 km from Allapalli.

Bhau Kalchuri

But before he could realize his career plans, Bhau unexpectedly turned to spiritual interests following a visit to the tomb of a famous holy man, Tajuddin Baba, in Nagpur.

Chakradharpur

With the opening of Goilkera-Jharsuguda section the main line route of Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) was completed and the official function for the opening ceremony of main line from Asansol to Nagpur, presided by the Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne was held at Chakradharpur station on 3 March 1891.

D.P. Kothari

Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari (born 7 October 1944) is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at premier engineering institutions in India like IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and VIT University, Vellore.

Dinesh Keskar

Dr. Keskar received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology,Nagpur(India) with a Gold Medal in 1975.

History of Nagpur

In 1743, the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsale of Vidarbha established himself at Nagpur, after conquering the territories of Deogarh, Chanda and Chhattisgarh by 1751.

Indian Railway Accounts Service

The two year training program includes classroom training at National Academy of Direct Taxes at Nagpur, Railway Staff College Vadodara and specialised training institutes, as well as field training on zonal railways, divisions, construction organisations and manufacturing units of the Indian Railways.

Indovation

Examples of indovations include the Tata Nano, the Tata swach water filter, Devi Prasad Shetty's affordable cardiac care hospital, the SELCO's solar lighting solutions for consumers off the electricity grid and The First Identified Inexpensive Solar Water Filter was designed and invented by Shripad Krishnarao Vaidya, of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India on 23 April 2010.

Keshavasuta

He attended high schools in four different towns at different times: Baroda, Wardha, Nagpur, and Pune.

Koderma railway station

Koderma has a rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Pune, Guwahati etc.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur

Thus Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal fiction became High Court for the new State of Madhya Pradesh with its seat at Jabalpur.

Maharajbagh zoo

In 2001 the Government of Maharashtra had planned a zoo complying with international standards and two locations, Goregaon in Mumbai and Gorewada in Nagpur, were shortlisted.

Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha

Today, the 113 year old institution that had its foundation and establishment in a small hut in Hingne is now expanded and is presently running 60 numbers of educational units having diversified branches all over Maharashtra with units located at Pune, Wai, Ratnagiri, Nagpur, Kamshet, etc.

Majri

It connects Sewagram Junction towards Nagpur-Delhi and Wardha Junction towards Ahmedabad on north-west direction, Chandrapur and Balharshah towards Kazipet-Chennai-Hyderabad on south-east direction, and Majri Khadan, Wani, Rajura, Pipalkutti, Adilabad and Mumbai on east direction.

Murtajapur

Murtajapur railway station is the junction station of the 762mm narrow gauge railway known locally as the Shakuntala Railway.

National Power Training Institute

/B.E., in Power Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) is an AICTE approved course being offered at Badarpur, Nagpur & Durgapur Institutes and are respectively affiliated to GGSIP University, Nagpur University & West Bengal University of Technology.

Prasanna Kumar Roy

Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, central government minister Renuka Ray and Prasanta Mukherjee, a General Manager of the Bengal Nagpur Railways were his grandchildren.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

A chance meeting with Nelson Annandale, then the director of the Zoological Survey of India, at the 1920 Nagpur session of the Indian Science Congress led to Annandale asking him to analyse anthropometric measurements of Anglo-Indians in Calcutta.

Sawlaram Haldankar

His collections can be found at varied places like Prince of Wales Museum (Mumbai), National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Jaganmohan Palace (Mysore), Moscow Academy of Art (USSR), Nagpur Museum (Nagpur) and Delhi Art Gallery.

Second Anglo-Maratha War

On December 17 1803, Raghoji II Bhonsle of Nagpur signed the Treaty of Deogaon in Odisha with the British after the Battle of Laswari and gave up the province of Cuttack (which included Mughalbandi/the coastal part of Odisha, Garjat/the princely states of Odisha, Balasore Port, parts of Midnapore district of West Bengal).

Sewagram Express

The 12139/40 Mumbai CST Nagpur Sewagram Express runs via Kalyan Junction, Niphad, Bhusawal Junction, Badnera Junction, Wardha Junction to Nagpur Junction.

Sironcha

Sironcha is connected by the State Road Transport services to Gadchiroli, Aheri, Chandrapur, Nagpur and Wardha.

Sitabuldi Fort

After the death of Shivaji on 3 April 1680, the Maratha Empire broke up into segments ruled by five families: the Peshwas of Satara, the Gaekwads of Baroda, the Holkars of Indore, the Scindias of Gwalior, and the Bhonsles of Nagpur.

Sudhir Dhawale

He was arrested from Wardha railway station by a team of Gondia police and a team from the Nagpur division of ATS, while trying to board a train to Mumbai.

Tarsa

Tarsa, India, village in Mouda tahasil of Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India

Transport in Nagpur

Nagpur is also at the junction of two Asian Highways namely AH43 Agra, India to Matara, Sri Lanka and AH46 connecting Kharagpur, India to Dhule, India Moreover, Nagpur city has come in the national spotlight recently for its good roads, which were developed as part of the upgradation and renewal works under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP), spearheaded by the erstwhile Commissioner of the Corporation Dr. T Chandrashekhar.

Vasudhara Dairy

It has branches (ice cream manufacturing plants) in Nagpur and Boisar.

Washim

Important Roads include Washim-Mangrul Pir-Karanja-Ner-Yavatmal, Washim-Karanja-Amravati-Nagpur, Washim-Malegaon-Akola, Washim-Risod-Lonar-Sindhkhed Raja-Jalna-Aurangabad-Ahmadnagar-Pune-Mumbai, Washim-Pankanergaon-Hingoli-Nanded and Washim-Pusad.